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A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED, BRASS-INLAID AND MOUNTED RED-TORTOISESHELL BOULLE MARQUETRY AND EBONISED ARMOIRE

IN THE MANNER OF NICOLAS SAGEOT, EXTENDED IN WIDTH IN THE MID-19TH CENTURY BY 8 IN., PRESUMABLY FOR STRENGTHENING, AND WITH CONSEQUENTIAL ALTERATIONS

細節

A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED, BRASS-INLAID AND MOUNTED RED-TORTOISESHELL BOULLE MARQUETRY AND EBONISED ARMOIRE
In the manner of Nicolas Sageot, Extended in width in the mid-19th Century by 8 in., presumably for strengthening, and with consequential alterations
Inlaid in première and contre-partie with Bérainesque foliate arabesques, strapwork and foliage, the arched cornice above a pair of part-glazed doors with concave cut-corner fielded panels with Aurora in her Chariot beneath a lambrequin-draped canopy with a mask flanked by fruiting baskets, insects and birds, the sides similarly inlaid with a seated putto on a cloud burst, the base with a shaped apron centred by a lambrequin, on bracket feet
106 in. (269 cm.) high; 70 in. (178 cm.) wide; 18¾ in. (87.5 cm.) deep

來源

Almost certainly bought by John Alexander, 4th Marquess of Bath (1831-1896) for Longleat, Wiltshire and by descent at Longleat.

出版

1896 Inventory (4th Marquess' Heirlooms), No 47 Room, 'A 5 ft 6 in Red tortoiseshell and buhl wardrobe inlaid figures & brass mouldings raised lower panels and glazed upper ditto, lined silk velvet filled rail and seven hangers, surmounted arched top cornice'.

注意事項

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拍品專文

Designed in the Louis XIV 'antique' manner developed by André-Charles Boulle and Jean Bérain, this armoire is stylistically close to the oeuvre of the ébéniste Nicolas Sageot, discussed by Pierre Grand in 'Le Mobilier Boulle et les ateliers de l'époque', L'Estampille/L'Objet d'Art, February, 1993, pp. 48-70. On the 26 July 1720 Sageot sold 16,000 livres worth of furniture to the marchand-mercier Léonard Prieur, amongst which were several 'armoires à dôme' in brass-inlaid tortoiseshell, valued between 400 and 1000 livres. Although Sageot's production is scantily documented, an armoire displaying similar marquetry panels with cut-cornered lambrequinned panels to the lower doors is illustrated in P. Kjelberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIIIIe Siècle, Paris, 1989, p. 767, whilst a further pair, stamped 'N.S.', displaying the same characteristics, was sold anonymously in these Rooms, 17 June 1987, lot 65 (£143,000). The latter pair is now in a New York Private Collection.